Ritual object from the "mani" society · D. R. Congo, Azande · ID: 3050753
Field collected by Boris Adé, Geneve, Switzerland (ca. 1953-1957)
Belgian Private Collection, Brussels
Adé spent years as a doctor to Pygmies in the Ituri country. He was field collector in the Uele region in north Congo between 1946-1949 & 1953-1957.
Description
wood, inscribed in white: “ASANDE…Dr. B. Adé “glopita” Mani…Lower Uele. Zaire”, crack, pedestal
The object Ritual object from the “mani” society with the object ID 3050753 was last part of the auction 102nd Auction at April 13, 2024 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 228.
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Publications
Grootaers, Jan-Lodewijk (ed.), "Ubangi", Brussels, 2007, p. 72, ill. 1.85
AHDRC: 0172839